Display device



A. LOMNITZ DISPLAY DEVICE June 27, 1933.

2 Sheets-Sheet I Filed Oct. 20, 1931 June 27; 1933. I LOMNlTz 1,915,741

DISPLAY DEVICE Fly 2 Inventor Patented June 27,1933

. NE DFS'TAT E' EN O F CE Arena-in noivmrrz,or1BERLIN-CHARLOTTENB RG, GERMANY 1 DISPLAY mivron I Application meapd t izo, 1931, Serial no} 569,991, and in Gama Ma 23, 1931.

'The invention makes use ofthe known idea of calling attention to; articles :of all kinds which are offered for sale by d splaying the articles in movement inthe shop w ndow.'.

' For this purposethe invention employs the known means such as rotatingtablegro tatingplates and chain conyeyors; 'The'subject, of he invention 1s a combination of these different possibilities of mov-ement, in which in a rotating'table one or more chain conveyors rotating with the table are built in, so that the articles moved by these chain conveyors execute a vertical motion and, a circular motion" simultaneously. If desired, separate rotating plates may be arranged in the main rotating table in the spaces between the chain conveyors. The

new effect is then obtained that all the. articles shown in the shop window are in mot on, the drive for all parts is concealed by means of traps or screens. Central may be employed. I

A method of carrying out the inventlon 1s illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a practical general View of the new device for displaying goods, Fig. 2 shows diagrammatically the arrangement as seen from, above,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same arrangement,

Figs. 4 and 5-are two details.

or individual drives In the foundation casing 11 of'any desired shape is mounted the rotating table I) of suitable diameter, for example, the diameter which can be employed in an ordinary shop window. Covered by screens 0, chain con- When the carrying surfaces 9 for the goods v "'2; of the chain'conveyor e. In this way the from the shop'window- The chainconveyor driving .1

dividual parts.

general','the carrying surfaces 9 are construct.-

ed i n two parts so that they can always take 'two'dlsplayed articles, of which oneis seen from each side of the device. In'this waythe attraction ofthe shop window is especially great. h I

The motion arrangement for the chain conveyors e, f maybe as desired. They may move in the same directionor in opposite direct-ions up anddown. The one is then shorter than the other above the table Z) so, that they can plates k, may be effected in any desired inanner. The central drive may be employed from which, by means of shafts and gear wheels, theseparate driving shafts of the Q parts are driven.- 'Under certain circumstances it is, however, of advantage, at least in the chain conveyor, to employ separate drives since then there is the possibility of varying the relative motions between The central dri e is illustrated in Figs. 2

and 3. Here for driving the rotating table I 6, use is made, for example, of an electric motor 2' which transmits through toothed wheel Here Dis the ceiling and F1 the'floor throu h 55 h which pass the chain conveyors e and]?- Icross. .How far they are carried down below. v 'the'tableb is determinedfrom considerations and worm is to toothed wheels Z by which 90 the shaft m is driven." This drives through 1 bevel wheels 1% a shaft 0, from which also through bevel wheels 79 a shaft t is driven, on I for example, toothed wheels 8 for the chains chain conveyor 6 is driven which for the rest e, .are'driven directly from the shaft 97?. by

means of toothed wheels, chain wheels 2/ and the like, there provided. In the chains 1) and z are suspended so as to be freely rotatable single or double sided plates 9 on which-are placed the goods to be displayed. The metl1- 0d of connecting is, for example, shown in Fig. lavhere 2 indicates the chain of the chain conveyor. The horizontal circular movement of the rotating table Z) which rests on three rollers a is produced by means of a chain Wheel n carried round by the chain 2 of the chain conveyor f, which is connected by a shaft w with one of these rollers r.

The four rotating plates h are each provided below the table I) with a pulley 9, over which runs a common driving belt u (for example a spiral wire) withthe object of simultaneous tightening.

This belt is driven by being guided over a pulley r of'the shaft w. The current required for driving the apparatus is supplied to the motor 11 through a sliding contact i provided on the floorof the bearing.

In connection with theconstructional form of the arrangement referred to, it is to be remarked that of course use may here be made of experience in this connection. 7

The description is to be completed by stating that the parts 9 may be utilized at the front and the back so that after the table has turned through 180, other articles appear in the chain conveyor.

What I claim is: r

1. Apparatus for displaying goods comprising a rotatable table, a plurality of small- 

